Affara (Personal)
Bands: BKGKYGK · Stripes: DB K G K LY G K DB K G K LY G K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=25
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/03/2002 — Affara (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
- March 2002 — Affara (Personal) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 25
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4074
Thread count
DB/160 K10 G24 K4 Y4 G4 K/20

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Marist School, The — ΔT 0.79
- United States Trade sett Tartan Tartan Number: 2126. Earliest known date: 1989 This design is different in warp and weft. The display gives the general appearance only. Produced to celebrate American tourism is Scotland. The colours are taken from the flags of the two nations and the Atlantic Ocean that separates them. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.21
- Pride of the Clyde — ΔT 1.22
- United French Freemasons (Corporate — ΔT 1.23
- S.C.O.T.S. — ΔT 1.24
- Lewis Welsh Name Tartan Tartan Number: 5758. Earliest known date: 22002 The tartan for this Welsh surname and its variations, Lewis, Lewys, Lou, Louis, Lew, Lewes, is actually woven in Wales at the Cambrian Woollen Mill, weaving on the same site since 1830. This tartan differs from many traditional patterns in that the warp and weft differ, giving the finished worsted wool cloth more of a predominant stripe, vertically noticeable in the finished Kilt, or Cilt in Wales. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.25
- Michael (John) (Personal) — ΔT 1.27
- Marist School, The — ΔT 1.35
- Tyneside Blue, North Tyneside Pipe Band — ΔT 1.37
- French Freemasons' Pride (Fashion) — ΔT 1.48
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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